@nessisonett Piracy is theft no matter how you try to justify it. I'll restrain myself and avoid going on a rant about it, but I'll say that I have no respect for those who engage in it.
I'm all about that Collateral vibe, killer soundtrack and visuals that never get old. Movies spark debates, but sometimes you just gotta sit back and enjoy the ride.
I watched Blood Simple, by the Coen Bros. again. I enjoyed the movie, but wasn't entirely sure if Frances McDormand was cast for the right reasons. Still, sex always sells in Hollywood. Also Joel Coen's production was top-notch. Still feeling their way around what kinda movie they wanted to make at that stage, I feel.
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I concur with this assessment of Blood Simple. I've loved Coen movies for a long time, but there are still quite a few I've not seen. I somewhat recently saw Blood Simple for the first time and, while solid, it didn't live up to the expectations I've built up (though I'll be the first to admin that not all Coen movies are slam dunks) and, as you said, it feels unsure of what it wanted to be.
you talking about Brain Damage or Basket Case for DVD or blu ray?
as for The Substance its not on streaming apps. just for DVD and blu ray at the moment on walmart online. Id love to blind buy that movie for the heck of it
@seinfeldfanatic Have you tried getting the DVD instead? That's how I saw it. Considering getting the Blu-ray later on, but currently costs twice the amount of the DVD. What streaming service is The Substance on in the US? Maybe, that's an option?
Have no idea what other horror film is recently released on DVD / Blu-ray? Saw, Renfield last year and that's a blast. If you haven't seen that then I recommend watching that. Personally, I like to watch Alien Romulus, but Disney does not release physical media in Australia anymore, so if I want to watch any Alien, Marvel, Indiana Jones, Disney, Pixar films I must subscribe to their streaming service, which I don't want to.
Not sure in other countries but in the UK you can watch The Substance on Mubi. You can also rent or buy it on the usual places (Amazon, Sky/Now, Apple TV etc)
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I watched The Departed, and, rather like someone's controversial opinion on here, that Sekiro is better than Elden Ring 😉 .i must say that I enjoyed it rather more than Goodfellas, as I felt it was more subtle and nuanced than the latter movie, also at the end of the day, the real question the movie left me with was: "Who was the 'true' rat. in the end?" 😉😃
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I made the mistake of watching Renfield this weekend, I'd previously watched the current retake on Nosferatu so I'd been spoiled for quality. Renfield was up there with the remake of The Crow and Borderlands, the story was all over the place, the acting was dire and I wanted my ninety minutes back. If I hadn't have watched it with a friend I would have tapped out twenty minutes in. Modern cinema has taken a really strong hit compared to the 90's, 80's and so on. It's gotten too cheap to create and distribute material leading to an over-saturation of fluff, I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who's Crow is the 2024 version and not the 1994 one. The latest version of Salem's Lot however is an exception, it was well made with great cinematography and set design. You could tell they'd actually watched the original then adapted accordingly.
@FuriousMachine I can see where you're coming from with piracy. I went to film school because I loved the medium of film, it's something I really wanted to pursue. You don't see the effects of piracy until you're in the door and watch the trickle down effect. It doesn't hit cast and crew (at the start) because you are already paid before distribution (the investors aren't) (and that's where the damage happens) then it affects the production company and the studio, and can cause some smaller ones to shut their doors, that's if they weren't temporarily founded for tax incentives, a lot are and move from country to country seeing which one offers the best deal. That's why in the mid 2000's you might have seen a lot of movies featuring Prague one year then maybe Budapest the next, those locations offered the best and cheapest deals.
I moved into music videos after that and then saw the affect of piracy in music, which actually I think streaming is worse because a lot of people who pirated the music ended up buying the physical version. That doesn't happen with streaming, bands get peanuts and have to either tour hard or take up second jobs, sometimes both. That's what I do now, tour photography, most of those guys spend their lives on the road when they should be home with their families. Streaming is pushing everyone to do twice the effort for half the reward, it's also made venues and concerts a lot more expensive.
I still don't like piracy but I can't deny that it did lead to people making future purchases, if someone like Netflix gets ripped off I won't shed too many tears since the cast and crew are already paid and royalties are far and few. Companies like Netflix stole the experience of being able to walk into a store, pick up a box and have real choice versus a curated system where the same movie gets featured over and over again under different genres. I'm not that old but I don't like this modern approach to media, piracy is so prevalent now because it's never been easier to rip media from Apps like Netflix/Prime.
When I was doing training on projectors (with the classification board) they were talking about a new system which would get rid of reels, usually the picture was on a reel which you'd have to splice and lace through a projector, then the audio would arrive on a CD so you'd be watching the reel and hearing a CD, it's not all that obvious in a cinema unless you know to look for it. Small hands meant I could lace them up fast, it's kind of a dying art. The problem with a reel is that you have to insure each one for (usually £30k+) they go from cinema to cinema, and they can be damaged (which I've done, and once had to hold my finger between the reel and the platter for 2hrs because a leak in the roof was fusing it together) not to mention the projectors cost a lot to run and are dangerous. The bulb was like a bomb, if that thing went it could take half the room out with it. And actually employing someone to work with projectors is costly too, it's all money. I learned a lot by doing it and met a lot of my favorite directors and such who attended early screenings, but the ratings system itself has shifted to politics, not actual content.
They can save a lot by going digital but piracy is looming, and if they did adopt that system there would be no going back. Imagine a system where people remotely view a movie then rate it and give feedback, now imagine trying to make sure no one leaks the material. It's not as bad now as it could be, in my home country piracy is the norm, especially now while there's so much conflict. This also plays a part in piracy because those clean copies are making their way onto surface web torrent sites. Everything now in the East and West is so expensive, it's not an excuse for piracy but it's knock on effect is more people installing boxes in their homes to pump in illegal services that don't just mirror the big names, they do it better. The full scope of it hasn't been seen of measured yet, though if you look at the pay checks and quality of cast and crew now you'll start to see a trend that's going to increase over the next eight to ten years. Big studios don't want to address their losses, the pandemic was bad enough, piracy won't wipe them out but it can lower the quality of what gets produced. Whole regions they were depending on aren't kicking back any distribution fees or sales and it's not something people are willing to address.
@GirlVersusGame "Companies like Netflix stole the experience of being able to walk into a store, pick up a box and have real choice versus a curated system where the same movie gets featured over and over again under different genres"
Well put. Choice has never been so illusory.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
Went to a late night screening of Osgood Perkins' The Monkey last night, and boy was that a blast! Very different from last year's Longlegs, this one was irreverent, weird, very bloody and, most of all, incredibly funny. Unfortunately, there were just a handful of people attending, but all seemed to enjoy themselves. I know from eavesdropping that at least a few of them were horror afficionados like me, so if you're one of those, this may very well be one worth checking out in theatres.
@GirlVersusGame Our views on piracy are very similar and I have quite a bit to say about it, but right now I'm too tired to formulate it properly. I will try to comment more fully when I have at least some of my wits about me (should that day ever come )
Anyway, didn't expect The Substance got nominated for Best Picture. Can relate to Best Makeup and Best Actress. Guess, it is a very outside chance, but stranger things happened eg. Everything Everywhere All At Once...
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
This is the first ever Japanese Godzilla film that I've watched and really impressed by it. Better than any of the US versions, although Godzilla (2014), and Godzilla King Of The Monsters (2019) comes close. A great post-war Japan human story that makes you care for the characters, amidst the Godzilla rampage scenes. Speaking of Godzilla, this film makes that kaiju reptile truly terrifying, unlike the Hollywood version making it as the saviour for all humankind.
Watched it using the Japanese language with English subtitles, as all English dubs don't gel well in regards to lip syncing. All actors were great. The visual effects are spectacular, especially that atomic breath which is far better than Hollywood made up. Guess there were animatronic Godziila thrown in, especially for that boat chase scene. Look forward to the sequel.
@FuriousMachine All good, I know exactly what you mean. I've definitely seen the good and bad results of piracy. More recently that extended to books, I've met a lot of people who only made it through their education because the textbooks they needed were sourced elsewhere. Charging so much for textbooks and reference guides (printed by universities) is actually pricing a lot of people out of getting a real education. It creates a cycle of unemployment and missed opportunities. I love physical books myself (maybe more than physical games .... even gaming as a whole) but even as a collector I can understand someone bending or breaking the rules so that they can get educated and aren't denied the right to thrive. The law doesn't look at it like that, it has a wide brush and a lot of free information is at risk.
watching the old 1990s movie Sniper on Netflix tonight before i close my netflix for this week til Friday. Im swtiching my debit card info later this week anyway. might as well get something watched on netflix before tomorrow
@PeaceSalad And a weird one, too.. Both him, his wife and their dog, if I understood it correctly... sounds like a gas leak or something like that. Anyway, big loss! (Also, RIP Michelle Trachtenberg who was found dead yesterday, only 39 years old )
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